The Bourne Legacy (2012)

All Critics (211) | Top Critics (41) | Fresh (121) | Rotten (92) | DVD (3)

Shares crucial DNA with the earlier films but is drawn from the shallower end of the gene pool.

August 14, 2012 Full Review

Nigel Floyd

Time Out

Top Critic

Perhaps the most interesting question arising from The Bourne Legacy is just how long the filmmakers hope to trade on the Bourne name without any, you know, Bourne.

August 10, 2012 Full Review | Comments (10)

Christopher Orr

The Atlantic

Top Critic

Renner and Weisz work well together as two hunted souls who initially need each other for utilitarian reasons.

August 10, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Lisa Kennedy

Denver Post

Top Critic

Gilroy's a fine writer - he also penned Michael Clayton - but without the discipline of an action veteran like Greengrass to rein him in, he indulges his weakness to over-explain things.

August 10, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Top Critic

It's twists and turns and nothing else. And fast and furious as it may be, if this is the best this once-smart series has to offer, this is no legacy.

August 10, 2012 Full Review | Comments (7)

Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

The Bourne Legacy is one of Alfred Hitchcock's "refrigerator movies," in that it succeeds pretty well "in the moment" but starts to fall apart when considered in retrospect.

August 10, 2012 Full Review | Comments (6)

James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Legacy intact! Bourne Legacy ensures we've not seen the end of the franchise just yet.

March 4, 2013 Full Review

Tom Glasson

Concrete Playground

Renner's Cross isn't as compelling a protagonist as Damon's troubled Bourne, but when it comes to bruising combat he certainly delivers.

January 10, 2013 Full Review

Jason Best

Movie Talk

Unless America is really that stuck on Matt Damon in the Bourne franchise, I see no reason that Renner's work here shouldn't make him a star.

December 17, 2012 Full Review

Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

Tony Gilroy's involving and smart installment of the Bourne series comes to Blu-ray armed with a superb A/V transfer and a solid packing of extras from Universal.

December 12, 2012 Full Review

Chris Cabin

Slant Magazine

If you can get past the distinct feeling that this is the Bourne B-team at work - Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass are nowhere to be found - you'll probably be able to enjoy this frenetic spy thriller for the guilty-pleasure romp that it is.

December 11, 2012 Full Review

Phil Villarreal

OK! Magazine

Semi-successful revamp uses Bourne's name

October 20, 2012 Full Review

Robert Denerstein

Movie Habit

It couldn't ever hope to match the Paul Greengrass/Matt Damon movies for sheer punch and propulsion, but it's as close to replicating them as you could expect, and marks another excellent entry into the Bourneography.

October 19, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

Nicely overlaps the previous films while carving a name of its own

October 5, 2012 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

'The Bourne Legacy' is by no means a bad film. Unfortunately, it just has trouble living up to the real world Jason Bourne 'legacy.'

September 27, 2012 Full Review

Ben Kendrick

ScreenRant

There's a lot to like about The Bourne Legacy, but it's hard not to feel a little worried that the rich complexity of Ludlum's past work might be lost in the transition-and that's a legacy that really needs to be upheld.

September 26, 2012 Full Review

Patrick Kolan

Shotgun Critic

... all middle with no beginning -- and, of course, no end, so the franchise can go on.

September 26, 2012 Full Review

Jim Lane

Sacramento News & Review

"The Bourne Legacy" may not be the thriller the first three films managed to be. But, it's well written and very entertaining. Renner has become one of my favorite action stars.

September 25, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Paul Chambers

Movie Chambers

The Bourne Legacy is the strangest sequel to come out of the Hollywood studio system in a long, long time. It's a product of shallow studio greed and staggering creative ineptitude.

September 13, 2012 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jonathan Lack

We Got This Covered

Though the weakest of the series, "The Bourne Legacy" is not a throw-away action film. It's one of the best thrillers of the year and a sure bet on the future success of the "Bourne" franchise.

September 5, 2012 Full Review | Comments (3)

Justin Craig

FoxNews.com

If you can survive the first hour's complexities - you'll need to focus hard on the narrative to keep up - a pay-off, of sorts, awaits.

August 31, 2012 Full Review

Ed Gibbs

The National

Renner and Weisz make an entertaining action-movie odd couple, the terse man of action and the chatty scientist who learns fast how to react when the shooting starts.

August 25, 2012 Full Review

Sean Means

Salt Lake Tribune

(Renner) has the required intensity and physicality to make his character-a highly-trained, genetically enhanced undercover agent-completely believable.

August 24, 2012 Full Review | Comments (4)

Leonard Maltin

indieWIRE

It's not Renner's fault the script is a heap of dung.

August 24, 2012 Full Review | Comments (4)

Erick Weber

NECN

It's watchable, but doesn't have enough sense of character or purpose to make us care about anything that happens

August 24, 2012 Full Review

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

It's a mostly unnecessary addition to the smart, exciting "Bourne" trilogy.

August 22, 2012 Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

• 1. Drone Pilot: What kind of weapon systems is this guy operating?
  2. Dita Mandy: He's probably got a riffle.
  3. Retired Col. Eric Byer USAF: It's a high powered riffle.
  – Submitted by Danielle M (4 months ago)
• 1. Aaron Cross: Now, I've got a plan, and it's just not that complicated. What I'm going to do is wait for the next person to show up to kill you. Maybe they can help me.
  – Submitted by Lucas M (5 months ago)
• 1. Retired Adm. Mark Turso USN: Is it possible?
  2. Ezra Kramer: Possible? We had Bourne six weeks ago in Moscow. He was on foot, wounded, with a full Cossack posse up his ass. Somehow, he walked out of there. I've kind of lost my perspective on what's possible.
  – Submitted by Lucas M (5 months ago)
• 1. Retired Adm. Mark Turso USN: This went from something I don't know about to something on the drawing board, and now you're telling me it's up and running?
  2. Retired Col. Eric Byer USAF: It's up and running. Consider yourself informed.
  – Submitted by Lucas M (5 months ago)
• 1. Aaron Cross: June. Your name is June Munroe. Say it.
  2. Dr. Marta Shearing: June Munroe.
  3. Aaron Cross: Say it.
  4. Dr. Marta Shearing: June Munroe.
  5. Aaron Cross: Now, pick a place you lived. The last place you lived. The place you know.
  6. Dr. Marta Shearing: Bethesda.
  7. Aaron Cross: Bethesda. That's where you lived. Anybody ask, you're June Monroe from Bethesda.
  8. Aaron Cross: You lost your wallet. I'm driving you home. My name is James. James and June. Got it?
  – Submitted by Antonio A (7 months ago)
• 1. Dr. Marta Shearing: Well, I'm not just a science project, Doc.
  – Submitted by Jerald H (9 months ago)